In senior citizens, hair strands can be used to determine an individual's cardiovascular disease risk, shows study published in The Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (JCEM). Unlike a blood test that captures a snapshot of stress hormone levels at a single point in time, a scalp hair analysis can be used to view trends in levels of the stress hormone cortisol over the course of several months. This approach allows researchers ...Saturday, 20 April 2013
Hair Test Helps Predict Heart Disease Risk
In senior citizens, hair strands can be used to determine an individual's cardiovascular disease risk, shows study published in The Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (JCEM). Unlike a blood test that captures a snapshot of stress hormone levels at a single point in time, a scalp hair analysis can be used to view trends in levels of the stress hormone cortisol over the course of several months. This approach allows researchers ...
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